diff --git a/testing/i3status/APKBUILD b/testing/i3status/APKBUILD
index ba322559c9f..9bba364ac70 100644
--- a/testing/i3status/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/i3status/APKBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ arch="all"
 license="BSD"
 depends=""
 depends_dev="wireless-tools-dev alsa-lib-dev confuse-dev yajl-dev"
-makedepends="$depends_dev asciidoc"
+makedepends="$depends_dev asciidoc linux-headers"
 install=""
 subpackages=""
 source="http://i3wm.org/i3status/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2